Collection search - Bata, Thomas J. - Interview
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Record information – Brief Bata, Thomas J. - Interview
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1988-12-03Item number (ISN):267441Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:SINCLAIR, SonjaAccession:1997-0312Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Production date:1988-12-03Release date:1988-12-03Production company:Sonja Sinclair (Interviewer)Description:Thomas Bata talks about: shoemaking as a service organization; products being a combination of durability and low cost through mechanized production; the importance of style; history of shoe making industry, from United States Civil War to Britain and Italy, France; strong industry in western Europe after World War I, also Czechoslovakia; Canada dominant in trade of rubber footwear; shrinkage of northern European shoe industry after EFTA, European Free Trade Area, move from northern to southern Europe; restructuring in United States and the change from manufacturing to importing economy; impact of change on Bata organization: where retail to stop selling exclusively Bata made shoes, offer customer widest possible choice; new competitors from Britain, Italy, Orient; shrinkage of Dutch company; and need to develop new management skills.Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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